Ways to attract creatures to your garden
Ways to attract creatures to your garden Butterflies: I have already discussed the habits of butterflies in the earlier blog, so if you have read it, you may well be able to guess ways of attracting them to your garden. I know there are lots and lots of websites offering information on this but still I'm posting this for every naturalist has a penchant to do so. Moving on to the ways... Plant larval host plants (LHPs) in your garden. Having an LHP means that particular butterflies will frequent your garden to lay eggs. If the egg survives, you will be able to observe the dramatic lifecycle of a butterfly, from the larval stage right up to the imago, provided its not preyed in between. Eg. Castor plant for Common Castor, Mango tree for Common Baron, etc. Plant nectaring plants. Most of the butterflies species gather their nutrients from nectar of flowers. Having patches of them in your garden increases chances of attracting butterflies, except those which have a greater a...